Insect egg mass on fig leaf

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Charlie

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Posted 1407203444	Reply with quote #1

This is the same egg mass as I saw on my Brown Turkey a few weeks ago and rubbed it out. This time on Olympian. Same as last time I saw a dark spot through the leaf... Here it is next to a penny. There are hundreds, maybe thousands of tiny eggs all covered in a web like covering... Put it in a jar with damp paper towel. Hope they hatch so we can see what they are! Maybe somebody already knows what they are? __________________ Zone 7A ~ Fort Smith area Arkansas

DesertDance

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Posted 1407204955	Reply with quote #2

Neem oil, with a little soap in a gallon of water sprayed all over your fig should cure this. Neem kills everything. The oil confuses the bugs and they forget to mate, forget to eat and they die, and their eggs are confused too... they don't think straight, and they never mature. So sad............ Oh, it's organic too. Suzi __________________ Zone 9b, Southern California. "First year they sleep, Second year they creep, Third year they leap!" Wish List: I wish all of you happy fig collecting! My wishes have been fulfilled!

cis4elk

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Posted 1407207045	Reply with quote #3

I'll guess spiders. __________________ Calvin Littleton,CO z5/6 Wants List: For everyone to clean-up after themselves and co-exist peacefully. Let's think more about the future of our planet and less about ourselves. :)

naikii

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Posted 1407207461	Reply with quote #4

Those are caterpillar eggs :) If you like have a look here, and see their picture toward the bottom of the page; http://www.missouribotanicalgarden.org/gardens-gardening/your-garden/help-for-the-home-gardener/advice-tips-resources/pests-and-problems/insects/caterpillars/caterpillars-leaf-tiers-bagworms-and-web-former.aspx

blueboy1977

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Posted 1407208397	Reply with quote #5

If its just a few leafs why not just wipe them off with your finger? No reason to nuke every thing when it can be eaisly controlled with a little elbo grease. __________________ Rob Zone 9a/9b were the too meet. South Houston Tx Growing: Black Madeira, Smith, LSU Scott's Black, Improved Celeste, VDB, MBvs, RDB, Unknown Peach/Apricot, Salce, Malta Black, Texas BA-1, JH Adriatic, Atreano, CDDN, CDDB, CDDG, Strawberry Verte

Grasa

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Posted 1407216286	Reply with quote #6

unwanted! rub them off. __________________ Grasa Seattle, WA

jdsfrance

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Posted 1407232769	Reply with quote #7

Hi Charlie, Call me greedy, but did you see that you could have cut one lob of the leaf instead of the whole leaf ? At that size, they can be anything, so just keep cleaning those without even cutting a lobe of the leaves. I do that for some butterflies whose caterpillars feed on the leaves of my fig-trees . I hate them especially when they hit the terminal leaf and bud ...! If you have the chance, just plant "forget me not" plants as they are poisonous to stinging insects like green shieldbug . __________________ ------------------------ Climate from -25°C to + 35°C Only cold hardy figtrees can make it here

Charlie

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Posted 1407238952	Reply with quote #8

Thanks for replies. I won't cut off any more leaves! Never have I noticed these before. I wonder if they came with the Brown Turkey. __________________ Zone 7A ~ Fort Smith area Arkansas

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